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New Mexico Lobos football roster hometowns

Where are New Mexico players from?

On the 2026 New Mexico football roster, 10.8% of players with a known home state are from New Mexico. The median listed hometown is 672 mi from campus (Homecoming Radius).

The 2026 snapshot was collected before the season. Sources and definitions

The New Mexico roster story

In 2016, 23 of 130 roster spots were filled by New Mexico players not previously rostered elsewhere in the data. On the 2026 roster, 11 of 112 fit the same definition. The number of players previously rostered elsewhere changed from 2 to 24.

The median hometown distance moved from 650 mi in 2016 to 672 mi on the 2026 roster.

Before and during the portal era

2016–18 compared with 2021–25

2016–182021–2515.9%22.8%2.3%16.4%
  • In-state, not rostered elsewhere
  • Previously rostered elsewhere
Measure2016–182021–25
In-state, not rostered elsewhere15.9%22.8%
Previously rostered elsewhere2.3%16.4%

The 2026 roster

  • 707 miAverage hometown distanceAverage hometown distance among 107 located players.
  • 10.8%In-state10.8% of players with a known home state are from New Mexico.
  • 9.3%Backyard9.3% of players with a located hometown grew up within 100 miles of campus.
  • 21.4%Previously rostered elsewhere21.4% of the roster appeared on another college roster in an earlier season.

Where New Mexico ranks

Most In-State#12510.8%Most Transfers#8521.4%Closest to Home#117707 miFarthest From Home#22707 miBiggest In-State Shift#11110.8%Most Backyard Players#1179.3%Fewest Transfers#5421.4%Biggest Transfer Shift#8021.4%

Homecoming Radius over time

The median hometown-to-campus distance, by season. The dotted line is the FBS median.

0200400600FBS median (250 mi)200920122016201920232026

Roster composition over time

Where the in-state lens draws the line: home-state players with and without an earlier college roster, out-of-state players with and without one, and players with unknown geography. This chart begins where stable athlete IDs make transfer detection possible; the radius chart above carries the official-archive geography farther back.

In-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, not rostered elsewhereOut-of-state, rostered elsewhere200920122016201920232026

Where do New Mexico's players come from?

SeasonRosterIn-stateRostered elsewhereRadius
202611210.8%21.4%672 mi
202510912.4%22.9%683 mi
202411122.4%30.6%624 mi
202311728.9%13.7%617 mi
202211931.6%5.9%625 mi
202111026.0%9.1%627 mi
202011723.0%5.1%653 mi
201910816.7%5.6%657 mi
201813014.1%4.6%665 mi
201712916.3%0.8%659 mi
201613017.8%1.5%650 mi
201511819.5%1.7%620 mi
201411726.7%0.0%599 mi
201311530.7%0.0%586 mi
201210331.4%1.0%595 mi
20119431.9%1.1%669 mi
20109423.4%1.1%645 mi
200910229.4%0.0%611 mi

In-state shares use players with a known home state. Radius uses located hometowns.

Where the roster grew up

Located hometowns on the 2026 roster, with campus marked and the Homecoming Radius circled.

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Homecoming Radius: 672 mi

This slider is exploratory. Rankings use fixed distance lenses.

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